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FAME
FROM THE EXTREME HEIGHT OF FAME:
TO TO THE DEEPEST DEPTHS OF SHAME:
ONCE SO POPULAR THE WORLD LOVINGLY KNEW HIS NAME:
NOW ITS ALL LOST NEVER TO BE THE SAME:
MANY CELEBRITIES IN THE PUBLIC EYE EXCEL TO GREATNESS:
THEY BECOME AN ICON THE BEST OF THE BEST:
WITH THEM THERE IS NOT ANOTHER ON THIS PLANET -ON A LEVEL FIELD WHO CAN COMPETE:
THEY ARE THE BEST OF THE ELITE:
MANY WHO HAVE ATTAINED GREAT FAME AND FORTUNE:
THEY BECOME SO ARROGANT AND KNOW IT ALL WITH EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN:
IN THIS LIFE WHEN MATERIALISTIC POCESSIONS BECOME YOUR PRIDE:
SOMETHING INSIDE YOU HAS DIED;
IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN YOU NEED:
THAT BECOMES CONCEIT AND GREED:
MANY PEOPLE REACH THE POINT OF GREAT WEALTH AND FAME:
BUT SADLY REMAIN SO UNHAPPY THE SAME:
IF THE FOUNDATION OF YOUR LIFE IS NOT SECURE:
YOUR HAPPINESS WILL NOT ENDURE:
NO MATTER WHAT GREATNESS YOU HAVE ACHIEVED:
WITHOUT A FOUNDATION SECURE, YOUR OWNSELF YOU HAVE DECIEVED:
TO THINE OWNSELF BE TRUE;
BE HUMBLE IN ALL YOU SAY AND DO:
FOR MANKIND OUR GREATEST VICTORY ON EARTH:
IS KNOWING HEAVENS WORTH:
03-JULY-2010
JOHN D. JUNGERS
TO TO THE DEEPEST DEPTHS OF SHAME:
ONCE SO POPULAR THE WORLD LOVINGLY KNEW HIS NAME:
NOW ITS ALL LOST NEVER TO BE THE SAME:
MANY CELEBRITIES IN THE PUBLIC EYE EXCEL TO GREATNESS:
THEY BECOME AN ICON THE BEST OF THE BEST:
WITH THEM THERE IS NOT ANOTHER ON THIS PLANET -ON A LEVEL FIELD WHO CAN COMPETE:
THEY ARE THE BEST OF THE ELITE:
MANY WHO HAVE ATTAINED GREAT FAME AND FORTUNE:
THEY BECOME SO ARROGANT AND KNOW IT ALL WITH EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN:
IN THIS LIFE WHEN MATERIALISTIC POCESSIONS BECOME YOUR PRIDE:
SOMETHING INSIDE YOU HAS DIED;
IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN YOU NEED:
THAT BECOMES CONCEIT AND GREED:
MANY PEOPLE REACH THE POINT OF GREAT WEALTH AND FAME:
BUT SADLY REMAIN SO UNHAPPY THE SAME:
IF THE FOUNDATION OF YOUR LIFE IS NOT SECURE:
YOUR HAPPINESS WILL NOT ENDURE:
NO MATTER WHAT GREATNESS YOU HAVE ACHIEVED:
WITHOUT A FOUNDATION SECURE, YOUR OWNSELF YOU HAVE DECIEVED:
TO THINE OWNSELF BE TRUE;
BE HUMBLE IN ALL YOU SAY AND DO:
FOR MANKIND OUR GREATEST VICTORY ON EARTH:
IS KNOWING HEAVENS WORTH:
03-JULY-2010
JOHN D. JUNGERS
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